The love of Trains

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Sharing Stories, and a View, Aboard the California Zephyr (Published 2022)

A photographer traveled across America on one of Amtrak’s long-distance train routes. Here’s what she saw.

www.nytimes.com

Good clean fun. I wish I was there.

 

[Mikado463]

ahhh the Ca Zephyr, rode it first back in '76, single level consist with a rounded dome observation. Nothing like sitting up in the dome during a big time lightning storm traveling through the corn stalks of Nebraska !

 

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Milwaukee Road Historical Association - Home

www.mrha.com

Good childhood memories around this name.

 

[Mikado463]

Milwaukee Road Historical Association - Home

www.mrha.com

Good childhood memories around this name.

ah yes, the route of the Hiawatha, one can still ride over former Milwaukee Road trackage westbound out of Milwaukee on the Empire Builder. It's good to see most of these former roads have established Historical Societies to preserve their memories !

 

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Fun video! Even in the snow!

 

[Mikado463]

Rockin and Rollin through the 'Land of Lincoln' @ 110 mph. Nice cab ride !

 

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Rockin and Rollin through the 'Land of Lincoln' @ 110 mph. Nice cab ride !

Love it! I've always wanted to ride up front.

 

[Mikado463]

Love it! I've always wanted to ride up front.

for sure, having been in the industry I've had some great ones.

 

[lovinthehd]

Almost looks refreshing this time of year

 

[Mikado463]

With an already shaky economy this is not the best of news ......

Labor Secretary Warns Labor, Rails (UPDATED) - Railway Age

As the clock ticks toward a nationwide rail shutdown as early as Sept. 16—the first in more than three decades and similarly owing to an inability of labor and management to reach a negotiated settlement over amending contracts covering wages, benefits and work rules—frustration is growing, the...

www.railwayage.com

 

[lovinthehd]

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With an already shaky economy this is not the best of news ......

Labor Secretary Warns Labor, Rails (UPDATED) - Railway Age

As the clock ticks toward a nationwide rail shutdown as early as Sept. 16—the first in more than three decades and similarly owing to an inability of labor and management to reach a negotiated settlement over amending contracts covering wages, benefits and work rules—frustration is growing, the...

www.railwayage.com

Was just checking on the thread for your thoughts on this situation....definitely not a great time for it but seems overdue....

 

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Railroads and labor unions reach tentative deal to avert strike

The last-minute railroad labor deal avoids massive disruptions to the flow of key goods and commodities around the country.

www.cnbc.com

Good news

 

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Milwaukee Road Historical Association - Home

www.mrha.com

Good childhood memories around this name.

An old raised track near the subdivision where I live is now part of the Oak Leaf Trail, which is used for bicycles, walking, running and other non-motorized access- the bridge over the major street to the East has a Milwaukee Road sign on both sides and I have contacted the city to find a way to repaint the bridge and restore the sign, which was painted while I was a kid (I grew up in this area).

 

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Awesome. Keep working with the city to repaint that sign. The younger people need to know the history of where those trails came from.

 

[Mikado463]

Railroads and labor unions reach tentative deal to avert strike

The last-minute railroad labor deal avoids massive disruptions to the flow of key goods and commodities around the country.

www.cnbc.com

Good news

Fingers crossed........

No Work Stoppage for Now - Railway Age

It took an all-night bargaining session in the Washington, D.C., offices of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, but as dawn approached Thursday, Sept. 15, three rail unions, representing almost 60% of unionized rail workers and which had been holding out for a better deal than was reached by nine...

www.railwayage.com

 

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Awesome. Keep working with the city to repaint that sign. The younger people need to know the history of where those trails came from.

It's actually the county, but I already received a response- only took a few hours and that's a huge surprise.

There should be no surprise to anyone that this was a railway because the wrangling over how to use the right of way took decades and the tracks were removed within the last ten years but what the county really should do is post photos of the trains where they used to travel, what they carried, where the old terminal was at the lakefront and the types of trains that we used to see.

The Wiki link shows the old station at the Milwaukee lakefront and was used until 1966- I remember going there when we went to Kansas, to see some family. The trains used to move past the drive along the lake and it was quite a sight.

Lake Front Depot - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Mikado463]

Railroad architecture is a beautiful thing !

 

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Railroad architecture is a beautiful thing !

It sure was.

 

[majorloser]

I love that the trains are still running today and the strike is on hold. The USA can't afford for the railroads to come to a complete halt in operations.

 

[Mikado463]

last week I met up with some fellow railroad buddies of mine and we did a day trip to the EBT (East Broad Top RR) in Orbisonia / Rock Hill Furnace, Pa. This little narrow gauge wonder is being resurrected and brought back to life. We got the grand tour, here's a pic inside the round house .....